How To Install python-aniso8601 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-aniso8601 on Ubuntu 18.04. python-aniso8601 is python2 library for parsing dates and time

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-aniso8601 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python-aniso8601

python-aniso8601 is:

Library for parsing the following:

  • Parse a time, get a datetime.time
  • Parse a date, get a datetime.date
  • Parse a datetime, get a datetime.datetime
  • Parse a duration, get a datetime.timedelta
  • Parse an interval, get a tuple of dates or datetimes
  • Parse a repeating interval, get a date or datetime generator

This package provides the python2 version, a python3 package is also available.

There are three methods to install python-aniso8601 on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python-aniso8601 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python-aniso8601 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-aniso8601

Install python-aniso8601 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-aniso8601 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-aniso8601

Install python-aniso8601 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install python-aniso8601 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-aniso8601

How To Uninstall python-aniso8601 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the python-aniso8601 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-aniso8601

Uninstall python-aniso8601 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-aniso8601 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-aniso8601

Remove python-aniso8601 Configurations and Data

To remove python-aniso8601 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-aniso8601

Remove python-aniso8601 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-aniso8601 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-aniso8601

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-aniso8601 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.